Effective use of technology: technology has to be in the hands of the students
Ability to research effectively online (otherwise severe handicap in the 21st century)
Decline of print media (linear) – ascendancy of screen based communication (multi modality digital communication)
Primary sources are now 99% digitized
New “public”, sharing private details online. Cultural expectations are shifting – today kids are expected to be published … Desire to share and collaborate
C-R-C-D Conceptual Framework in the 21st century Professor Ben Schneiderman
Collect –> Research (online) Relate –> Collaborate (multi modality digital communication) Create –> to learn (culminating activity to create to teach others) Donate –> to others (community service)
Activity #1
Google spreadsheet (latitude, longitude)
Insert/Gadget: Map
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C-R-C-D Conceptual Framework in the 21st century
Professor Ben Schneiderman
Collect –> Research (online)
Relate –> Collaborate (multi modality digital communication)
Create –> to learn (culminating activity to create to teach others)
Donate –> to others (community service)
Activity #1
Google spreadsheet (latitude, longitude)
Insert/Gadget: Map
In Google Maps
Click on New (Google Maps Labs)